There was talk during the offseason that the best way to stop Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers’ pistol offense was to hit the mobile quarterback every time the opportunity presented itself. Clay Matthews took that to the extreme on Sunday.

The Green Bay Packers linebacker made a clothesline tackle on Kaepernick as the quarterback was running out of bounds, earning a well-deserved penalty and setting off a scuffle between the teams. That fight earned the 49ers a penalty, which offset the one for Matthews’ hit, meaning the dirtiest tackle of the day essentially went unpenalized.

If the hit was made to send a message, that message didn’t get through. Kaepernick threw a touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin on the next play from scrimmage.

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